Tuesday, April 29, 2008

You'll be pleased to know this isn't another one of those posts where I try to hide the fact that I've been making nothing by distracting you with photos of pigeons.

It's been quite a productive day.

The finishing touches were put to this bag for a friend's 21st. It has cow print lining and a cow on the front. I tried to machine stitch "moo" onto the pocket too but failed miserably. Any tips on writing with a sewing machine?...

I got the metro bright and early (by student standards) to Whitley Bay where I met Clare and Lucy . We sauntered to Ring-a-Rosie, the finest wool shop in Whitley Bay, spent far too much money then went for a chat and a coffee. But I wasn't expecting to be showered with gifts!

Clare gave me a birthday card and this beautiful door-hanging cat. The colours are perfect (bet you're glad I didn't go for the obvious pun there) for my room and I can't get over how professional it looks...

Lucy gave us each a bag containing chocolate (not in a photographable state I'm afraid) and this fabtastic wallet. I love the fabrics and again it's extremely well made (with a zip and a popper and everything!) Now I can have a "home" and "abroad" purse to avoid euro/pound confusion.

Thank you so much, ladies- it really was great to meet you both and we had a lovely morning.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

I turned 21 on Saturday (which is over half way to 40 and apparently "all downhill from now on" as people kindly keep pointing out) and have come home from Germany for a few days.

On Friday I arrived home having taken 2 wrong trains, ending up in a Frankfurt ghetto, nearly missing the plane and getting to Newcastle only to find that although I had made the flight my suitcase hadn't! After the not-too-successful journey I was very pleased to arrive home to a big pile of post on my bed...

The parcels contain beautiful fabrics from Nature's Threads and from Japan, bright pink tweezers and a prize for winning Sarah's giveaway.

I knew I would be getting a lovely knitted coffee cup accessory but was delighted to find a beautifully sewn needle case too! This was the only photo where the sun wasn't so bright everything came out totally white. The needle case cover is a very jazzy orange and I am so impressed by how neat her work is.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

In amongst the pigeon stuffing and chocolate from the parents was this little chap...

I entered Diane's blog's birthday giveaway and although I didn't win I mentioned how much I loved gingerbread men and she very kindly sent me my very own felted ginger friend! (for future reference Diane- I also like Citroen C3s and cheques for £1,000,000)

Fred as he is now known soon settled in and made himself a feathered friend...

They sat and admired the spring flowers together...

...and, after assuring me that they were both experts in woolly chicken anatomy, helped to put together a new hen...

In fact pigeon and gingerbread man were getting along fantastically until this happened...

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Luckily Fred is a very forgiving gingerbread man and after a quick trip to gingerbread A&E I popped a Fred and Mr.Pigeon-sized pizza into the oven to avoid further temptation...